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dwi is among those using the technology. they say scans are immediately detected after each passenger is cleared. as of right now, the full body scanners are optional for passengers. emergency responders were busy today at reagan national airport. but the good thing here is they were only taking part in an emergency exercise. >> a simulated aircraft accident tested the emergency operations plan and provided some hands-on training. fox 5 photojournalist mike french takes us to the action. >> reporter: today we have a simulated aircraft crash. >> alert 3, runway 4. >> reporter: passengers were displaced on the shore. the plane actually hit one of the airport buses and some of the vehicles on the service roads. >> the helicopters in the air, they are on our initial alert network. >> get me out of here. >> the victims in their role playing they are actually dressed to look like they have severe injuries. we've had 65 injured patients with varying degrees of injuries. >> i do the makeup for all of the disaster drills. we're using
dwi is among those using the technology. they say scans are immediately detected after each passenger is cleared. as of right now, the full body scanners are optional for passengers. emergency responders were busy today at reagan national airport. but the good thing here is they were only taking part in an emergency exercise. >> a simulated aircraft accident tested the emergency operations plan and provided some hands-on training. fox 5 photojournalist mike french takes us to the action....
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sue is one of us. she's fun to be around, frequently, easy to like and being -- friendly, easy to like and being part of the community and including the community in her reporting has been her signature. >> i was wondering if there's any place i can get a weather report here. >> i love a party and halloween is great. >> oh, thank you for being so sweet. actually that made me forget my fear of heights for a second. it's me from 1978. i'm retro sue this year. >> reporter: that was halloween 2008 wearing a dress she wore 21 years earlier. sue has been with us in good weather and in bad. >> check out the snow totals. >> reporter: in good hairstyles and not so good, but she has spent the past 25 years serving our community teaching us about our weather, keeping us interested, informed and entertained. >> no rain for blue suede shoes in this five-day forecast. >> reporter: and so on your 25th anniversary, sue palka, your colleagues, past and present, congratulate you. >> she gave both of us our start really.
sue is one of us. she's fun to be around, frequently, easy to like and being -- friendly, easy to like and being part of the community and including the community in her reporting has been her signature. >> i was wondering if there's any place i can get a weather report here. >> i love a party and halloween is great. >> oh, thank you for being so sweet. actually that made me forget my fear of heights for a second. it's me from 1978. i'm retro sue this year. >> reporter:...
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>> we could have used more. we have might get another round, but it definitely is going to be a quick hitter what's coming through next. been looking at some thunderstorms out to our west and i cannot believe how fast these are moving east at about 55 miles an hour, as fast as you drive your car and some are producing damaging winds but by the time it gets to d.c. not a whole lot will happen, but you can surely tell there's a lot of moisture in the air as we look live at the washington monument tonight. first stop radar, not much to see around here. yes, it's been raining very lightly, some of that not even showing up on radar, but here comes our next batch that we'll be watching. it does seem to be trying to form into more of a line here. the severe thunderstorm warning that was in effect for garrett county is down now, but down in west virginia we have some thunderstorm warnings down there. so we'll see how these hold together. a little bit ago i noticed a couple of them were rotating, not so much low in the s
>> we could have used more. we have might get another round, but it definitely is going to be a quick hitter what's coming through next. been looking at some thunderstorms out to our west and i cannot believe how fast these are moving east at about 55 miles an hour, as fast as you drive your car and some are producing damaging winds but by the time it gets to d.c. not a whole lot will happen, but you can surely tell there's a lot of moisture in the air as we look live at the washington...
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stay with us. j ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> the pentagon says pope benedict xvi's historic visit to the uk will go on despite a suspected terror plot against the pontiff. six men have been arrested in connection with the threat. fox's greg burke has the latest from london. >> reporter: pope benedict got a good look at british power and porch friday during his four day trip to the united kingdom but away from his ceremony scotland yard swooped in on half a dozen suspects involved in a potential terror plot against the pontiff. street sweepers were at the heart of the investigation, none of them british. sky news reported some of them to be al jeerian. the pope's -- algerian. the pope's schedule remained unchanged. >> we are completely confident in the work of the police in scotland yard. there is no need to change anything about the program of the pope. >> reporter: secu
stay with us. j ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> the pentagon says pope benedict xvi's historic visit to the uk will go on despite a suspected terror plot against the pontiff. six men have been arrested in connection with the threat. fox's greg burke has the latest from london. >> reporter: pope benedict got a good look at british power and porch friday...
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this one kind of caught us off balance. it had been rumored for a long time. >> reporter: airline expert darrell jenkins said southwest went after airtran because of its presence in airports that are nearly impossible to acquire new gates. reagan national, new york's laguardia and boston's logan airports to name a few plus now southwest can go head to head with delta in atlanta where airtran has its hub. >> this is a huge deal for them. not only do they have that, but you have mexico and the caribbean and southwest has never had any international flying. so they're getting 10 years worth of growth out of this merger. >> reporter: luella rhodes is on her way back to atlanta and flies airtran often and hopes southwest will improve on already great service she receives from airtran. >> i'm really praying that the service will continue to be great. our flights will be on time and most of all, we get very reasonable rates and air fare. >> reporter: what about ticket prices? will they go down because southwest is at reagan? jenki
this one kind of caught us off balance. it had been rumored for a long time. >> reporter: airline expert darrell jenkins said southwest went after airtran because of its presence in airports that are nearly impossible to acquire new gates. reagan national, new york's laguardia and boston's logan airports to name a few plus now southwest can go head to head with delta in atlanta where airtran has its hub. >> this is a huge deal for them. not only do they have that, but you have...
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they're coming up to us asking us questions about what's going on, and we don't know. just as karen said, just a short time ago, a screen came up with all the candidates on it but it had no numbers on it. again tonight there's a lot of excitement, but at the same time there's a lot of concern, especially when they start hearing about some of the problems that went on at the polling places, some of the problems with the machines, some of the problems with the polls not opening on time. there's real concern about everything that's happening here, and that's one of the reasons that councilman gray went to the board and said hey, we need you guys to keep those polls open until 10:00 instead of closing them at 8:00 so there's a little bit of concern about the way this whole thing happened. >> wisdom martin, karen gray houston, lenny steinhorn, our political analyst. we're treading water along with you and trying to get a sense of what's going on in the district, and it all comes down to that status bar, where they're exporting results and once those results are exported, we
they're coming up to us asking us questions about what's going on, and we don't know. just as karen said, just a short time ago, a screen came up with all the candidates on it but it had no numbers on it. again tonight there's a lot of excitement, but at the same time there's a lot of concern, especially when they start hearing about some of the problems that went on at the polling places, some of the problems with the machines, some of the problems with the polls not opening on time. there's...
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us? of all, i'm not older, but i would -- first of all, i'm not older, but i would definitely say you sleep less. >> reporter: steve buckner is in his 50s and when he watched his parents get older and not needing as much sleep, it didn't surprise him when
us? of all, i'm not older, but i would -- first of all, i'm not older, but i would definitely say you sleep less. >> reporter: steve buckner is in his 50s and when he watched his parents get older and not needing as much sleep, it didn't surprise him when
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but in america, gridlock has held us back. now, the senate can change that - by passing a renewable electricity standard. it will spur development of clean energy and boost manufacturing in america, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. so we can make our own energy future - not just buy it from china. call your senators and urge them to pass a renewable electricity standard today. >>> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. >>> caught on camera a small plane crashing and bursting into flames in an airshow end in nearby ya. the crash was screen by hundreds -- indonesia. the crash was seen by hundreds of schoolchildren. the pilot is in critical condition. a witness said the plane was flying too low, clipped a wing on the runway and spun out of control. >>> a close call in the skies over minnesota. two planes nearly collided midair on the 16th right near the twin cities international airport. the ntsb says a u.s. airways jet with 90 passengers on board came
but in america, gridlock has held us back. now, the senate can change that - by passing a renewable electricity standard. it will spur development of clean energy and boost manufacturing in america, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. so we can make our own energy future - not just buy it from china. call your senators and urge them to pass a renewable electricity standard today. >>> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life...